Alca grandis Brodkorb 1955 (auk)

Aves - Charadriiformes - Alcoidae

Alternative combination: Australca grandis

Full reference: P. Brodkorb. 1955. The avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation. Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations 14:1-57

Belongs to Alca according to N. A. Smith and J. A. Clarke 2011

See also Olson 1985, Olson 2007, Olson and Rasmussen 2001 and Wetmore 1956

Sister taxa: Alca ausonia, Alca carolinensis, Alca minor, Alca olsoni, Alca stewarti, Alca torda

Type specimen: Brodkorb 141, a limb element (right coracoid). Its type locality is American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone in the Peace River Formation of Florida.

Ecology: ground dwelling carnivore

Distribution: found only at American Agricultural Chemical Company, Brodkorb Locality 2

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